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Originally Posted by camaguey48
If you are stopped by the police for a traffic violation, do this:
1- Don't admit to anything.
2- Keep Your mouth shut. Don't argue. Obey his/her instructions and be respectful
3- Keep your hands on the wheel
4- Turn off the engine
5- If at night, turn the cabin lights on.
Go to court if you don't agree with the officer. It's better than going to jail.
How hard is that?
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1: Cop asks "do you know how fast you were going?"
2: Keep your mouth shut.
2: Cop says "Answer me!" obey the orders of the police.
2: Keep your mouth shut.
You are about to turn the cabin light on when the cop says "put your hands on the wheel!" So you can just forget about #5.
If you say "I don't know how fast I was going, officer." you will be accused of distracted driving (since you should've been paying attention). If you admit to speeding, you will be admitting that you violated the law, and that you knew you were violating it. If you say you were going under the speed limit (or at it) you will be arguing with the police, who pulled you over for speeding.
Since when do the rules have to be different for black people than it is for white people? Answer: since black people are held to different standards. As a white person I know I can say "I don't know how fast I was going Officer, but I definitely wasn't going faster than the guy ahead of me in the white volvo." And I won't get arrested, or threatened for being argumentative, or anything of the sort. I also know if I'm black and say the same thing, they're more likely to look for something wrong with the car so they can tack on more violations.
That is how it is.